Deaths
- January 29 - Alan Ladd, 50, American actor
- February 27 - Orry-Kelly, 66, Australian-born costume designer for American films
- March 23 - Peter Lorre, 59, Hungarian actor, later career in American films
- April 18 - Ben Hecht, 70, American playwright and screenwriter
- May 10 - Carol Haney, 39, American dancer, actress
- May 13 - Diana Wynyard, 58, British actress
- August 6
- Cedric Hardwicke, 71, British actor
- Reed Howes, 64, American model and actor
- August 12 - Ian Fleming, 56, British author of James Bond novels
- August 28 - Gracie Allen, 69 American actress, comedian
- September 28 - Harpo Marx, 75, American comedy actor (The Marx Brothers)
- September 28 - Nacio Herb Brown, 68, American songwriter and composer
- October 10 - Eddie Cantor, 72, American actor, singer, comedian
- October 15 - Cole Porter, 73, American composer and songwriter
- October 23 - Jo Swerling, 71, American screenwriter
- December 9 - Edith Sitwell, 77, British actress
- December 11 - Percy Kilbride, 76, American actor
- December 14 - William Bendix, 58, American actor
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